How to play Aces & Deuces (Acey Deucey) — golf game rules
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Aces & Deuces (Acey Deucey to some) is the purest carrot-and-stick in golf: on every hole, the outright low score — the ace — collects from every other player, and the outright high score — the deuce — pays every other player. Win and you’re paid; blow up and you pay the table.
The rules
Play your own ball, gross or net. Each hole, find the ace (outright low) and the deuce (outright high).
- The ace collects the stake from every player.
- The deuce pays the stake to every player — yes, the deuce pays the ace twice over the two halves.
- A tie for low voids the ace half; a tie for high voids the deuce half. Ties are safe harbor.
The math that keeps it honest
Middle scores break even — they pay the ace, collect from the deuce. The game only hurts when you’re the worst on a hole, which is exactly the pressure that makes a four-footer for double bogey feel like it’s for the club championship.
How Swilkin runs it
Turn it on in Swilkin and every hole’s ace and deuce settle automatically — the receipt reads like the game sounds ("Hole 4 — ace Mac · deuce Walt") and the running ledger keeps the table honest all day.
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